Brand Spotlight: This Week's Picks
Shoppe Object plays host to the most compelling representation of the home and gift market — from industry icons to niche makers. While impossible to choose favorites, each week we introduce you to brands you need to know now. Let this serve as a guide on your never-ending but ever-fruitful quest for the beautiful, the inspired, the innovative and the well-made.
NATAN MOSS CERAMICS
Natan Moss Ceramics is a unique ceramic studio operated on the East Side of Los Angeles by designer and ceramicist Natan Moss. Natan has been working in clay most of his life, learning from his uncle David Cuzick, a successful California studio potter. Natan's philosophy is to make simple, elegant pieces which explore the duality between art and functionality. Though Natan finds inspiration from many places, Japan, Scandinavia and 1960's Italy have been particularly influential.
VERLOOP / KNITS
Verloop/knits makes quality, innovative knits infused with color, personality, and functional beauty. They began with a challenge and an idea: they were used to seeing textile waste — lots of it — and longed to do things differently. They decided to put their expertise to use, making quality knits without all the waste. They transform surplus material into brightly patterned knit accessories, crafting functional, fun knitwear with a sustainable spirit.
Abigail Jayne Design is a stationery and design studio founded in Venice, California in 2017. Led by textile designer Abigail Siegel, the brand creates high end stationery, matches, notebooks, and paper products designed to encourage connection and love. Their unique painting style, gold foil accents, and classic messaging sets the line apart.
FREDERICKS & MAE
Fredericks & Mae is a design studio reveling in the art of the gift. The brand is committed to bringing objects into the world that prompt wide eyes, inexplicable delight, and full body chills. Helmed by Gabriel Fredericks Cohen and Jolie Mae Signorile, who met through a shared love of materials, Fredericks & Mae believes that a well-chosen gift can be a bolt of connection — a beacon that reminds us of our relationships.
COCOKNITS
Cocoknits founder, Julie Weisenberger, learned to knit and completed her first sweater in college while studying abroad in Salzburg, Austria. She has been knitting and designing ever since, and in 2007 she founded Cocoknits, her own pattern and tool company. Based in Oakland, California, the brand is made up of a small team of women who love to make things and love supporting other creative people and businesses. They are driven by the belief that all Makers should have beautiful, high-quality tools to use in their craft.
KIKO+ & GG*
kiko+ & gg* is a modern-minimalist, boutique toy brand from Osaka, Japan. Over 10 years ago, when plastic toys ruled the toy world, two female toy designers Kaz* and Novi* had a better idea. Toys could be beautifully-designed, durable, AND fun for kids at the same time!
The brand concept is simple: to create beautifully-designed toys that spark imaginations and make you smile!
